Mark Williams and Judd Trump shake hands level pegging after a tremendous session of snooker. The outlook was bleak for Williams when Trump won the first two frames of the day. But he hit back with five of the next six to tie things up and leave it finely poised going into tomorrow.

Zhao Xintong stands one victory away from becoming China’s first winner of the World Snooker Championship after a stunning semi-final defeat of Ronnie O’Sullivan. Seven-time O’Sullivan was beaten 17-7 with a session to spare at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre – only the second time the seven-time champion has experienced such a one-sided defeat at the global tournament.

Ronnie O'Sullivan's dream of a record eighth world snooker title ended on Friday with a 17-7 semi-final defeat to China's Zhao Xintong at the Crucible Theatre after an earlier eight-frame whitewash. T